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For their first full-length release, Stewart Anderson introduces yet another new lineup (guitarist Matty Green and bassist Nicola Hodgkinson, both of whom would actually manage to stick around for more than one release), but keeps true to the Boyracer ethos: these 24 songs (including a pair of untitled screamers at the end) are noisy post-punk rock & roll on the very edge of competence. The musicians are barely capable of starting and stopping at the same time and mono-named drummer Kevin makes Helen Wiggin sound like Maureen Tucker, yet these limitations don't seem to matter much. Anderson's cathartic punk rock howls and charmingly self-effacing attempts at writing proper pop songs would probably sound awfully slight if presented in a more straightforwardly professional manner; as it stands, More Songs About Frustration & Self-Hate will win no fans among those who cringe at the idea of lo-fi musical primitivism, but those with a bit of patience and a taste for noise will find much to offer.

Biografía

Fecha de formación: Leeds, England

Género: Alternativa

Años de actividad: '90s

Although leader Stewart Anderson is seemingly incapable of keeping a band lineup together for more than a couple of records at a time, his band Boyracer is one of the longest-running and most prolific bands of the '90s U.K. indie pop scene. Noisier and more aggressive than many of their rather twee contemporaries, Boyracer actually has more in common with more rocking American indie bands like Henry's Dress or Pavement than with any of their contemporaries on the estimable UK indie Sarah Records.
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